I know the deer visit often, but usually because I see the results of their foraging. But, here she is in broad daylight.
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| Nibbling on the morning glories by the composter. |
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| Oh wait, something else to graze and destroy... |
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| Ugh, scratchy fencing. |
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| perhaps an apple... |
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| just one? |
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| uh oh |
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| off to check out the neighbors' trees and gardens |
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| rose of sharon |
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| rose of sharon in pink |
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| rose of sharon in white |
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| rose of sharon |
On a much less destructive path, bees are all over. Mostly bumblebees, but a few honeybees, too. They are really pretty nice to have around. Unlike flies and such that insist on buzzing around your face and biting your legs, the bees just get on about their work unless you get in their way.
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| bumblebee on cosmos |
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| butterfly bush reemerging from the stump! |
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| cleome, zinnias, and cosmos |
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| cleome in the vegetable garden -- they re-seed themselves prolifically |
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| cosmos and cranesbills |
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| the hummingbird garden |
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| hydrangea -- the lone blossom for now... |
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| oak leaf hydrangea |
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| bee in the rose of sharon |
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| bee visiting sunflower |
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| yellow squash -- currently under attack from squash bugs :( |
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| giant zucchini and mixed beans |
